“Father is a Fine Arts graduate” Seo Jang-hoon’s drawing skills stir the scene… “I was flustered because I drew so poorly” [The Millionaire Next Door]

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MC Seo Jang-hoon of “Seo Jang-hoon’s The Millionaire Next Door” will reveal his drawing skills.

According to EBS’s “Seo Jang-hoon’s The Millionaire Next Door” on the 6th, artist Choi Ok-young, who is featured in fifth-grade elementary school textbooks and is regarded as a “pioneer of Korean Land Art,” will appear on the broadcast airing at 9:55 p.m. on the 7th.

Choi Ok-young serves as the director of three art museums, including one that was named to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s “2020 Star of Korean Tourism.” The total annual visitors across the three museums reach 500,000. One of them is a famous spot in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, attracting approximately 300,000 visitors annually, with emotional “check-in photos” from visitors continuing to flood social media.

In this episode, MCs Seo Jang-hoon and Jang Ye-won visit Choi Ok-young’s studio located in Gangneung. Upon entering the atelier, which was converted from an old cold storage warehouse, the two cannot take their eyes off the special work unfolding before them. It is none other than approximately 20,000 self-portraits drawn on milk cartons. Choi reveals that she “draws a self-portrait on a milk carton every day, recording her inner self,” leaving everyone in awe.

Seo Jang-hoon, who took on the challenge of drawing a self-portrait at Choi Ok-young’s suggestion, says, “My father is a fine arts graduate, but he was flustered because his son draws so poorly,” eliciting laughter with an unexpected confession of being a “filial son.” However, once he actually picks up the brush, contrary to his complaints, he boldly and fearlessly completes the painting with decisive brushstrokes. Seo Jang-hoon’s self-portrait, which stunned not only Choi Ok-young and Jang Ye-won but also the entire scene, will be revealed on the broadcast.

Choi Ok-young is a renowned “Land Art” artist who uses nature as her canvas to create massive art on the ground. In particular, her unique scale of works, which does not limit materials or size, draws attention. She depicts a red bamboo forest with 6,000 steel pipes, recreates cosmic planets with 200 tons of wood, and creates works reminiscent of coral reef paths by connecting red hoses, attracting visitors.

Her original working method of breathing new life into discarded items also captures attention. From plastic wrap used to cover food to scrap tires and rubber, trash that others use and discard is transformed into a work of art through her hands. An unusual work site where she collects fish cake skewers sold and discarded at events to draw on milk cartons is also revealed.

In addition, an extraordinary material appears that makes everyone doubt their eyes. This work, produced in 1996 and holding a whopping 30 years of history, draws attention from its unique form suspended in the air. Seo Jang-hoon, who examined the work closely, immediately guesses the identity of the material and smirks. While introducing her mother’s shocked reaction, “I can’t believe you’re even kneading this now,” Choi Ok-young expresses pride, saying, “This is the work that made me famous.”

Curiosity builds as to what the material was that gave him his reputation as an artist 30 years ago. The broadcast airs at 9:55 p.m. on the 7th.

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